Word: stickering
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Anne Lamott is digging around in the hatch of her VW Bug, which means the bumper sticker that reads "Who Would Jesus Bomb?" is, appropriately enough, pointed heavenward. "Does anyone need a water for church?" she asks. "Say yes," her friend urges. "It'll make her happy." Lamott looks up, grinning...
...Miles has the upper hand. Another sticker. He’s collecting...
...goodness, you’re the sticker...
...gives the sticker man four shots, rapid fire...
...repeatedly commands children to heed their parents and proposes that disobedient children be stoned to death or at least have their eyes picked out by ravens. Over the centuries, the stick (or paddle or switch) has lost favor, in most cases, to the carrot. Today the petty bribes - a sticker for using the toilet or a cookie for sitting still in church - start before kids can speak in full sentences...